#3BA9CC#3BA9CC

#3BA9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BA9CC
RGB	rgb(59, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -19.60, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 33.21, 233.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0798 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.11 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8862, 33.6623, 62.1955)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BA9CC #CC5E3B

analogous

#3BCCA7 #3BA9CC #3B61CC

triadic

#3BA9CC #CC3BA9 #A9CC3B

tetradic

#3BA9CC #A73BCC #CC5E3B #61CC3B

square

#3BA9CC #A73BCC #CC5E3B #61CC3B

split-complementary

#3BA9CC #CC3B61 #CCA73B

monochromatic

#1D5C70 #2A84A0 #3BA9CC #6CBED9 #9CD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#3BA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#3BA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BA9CC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BA9CC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3ba9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c2db',
    500: '#3ba9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3ba9cc;
$custom-light: #84c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3ba9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6876,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BA9CC

secondary

#D1A192

accent

#6C46E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BA9CC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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